Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis was behind bars in Reno back in 2007 on charges of federal income tax evasion. A recent investigation has turned up the fact that Francis received special treatment by jailhouse employees in a bribery scheme. The revelation has caused all hell to broke loose.
Three Washoe County jail employees have been terminated and arrested for receiving gifts in exchange for favors. What favors? Longer time on the phone, protection from disciplinary action and the ability to have food brought in.
The employees are former sheriff’s Sgt Michon Mills, 39, sheriff’s Deputy Ralph Hawkins, 41, and former inmate classification specialist Mary Boxx, 54. All three have been charged with 2 counts of accepting a bribe.
The gifts were large; tickets to the Oakland Raiders games, a $4,500 Cartier watch, a $5,000 gift card to Sachs Fifth Avenue, $3,200 in cash, a big screen T.V., an entertainment system, plane tickets and the list goes on…
How was Joe able to get all of these gifts funneled to the guards? Girls Gone Wild producer Aaron Weinstein was the delivery man.
Weinstein, 45, was arrested in L.A. Friday for his part in the bribe scheme and charged with three bribery counts following a grand jury indictment in Reno on Friday. He faces up to 2 years behind bars plus a $250,000 fine if found guilty.
Oddly, Joe appears to have escaped without any additional legal ramifications, thought he is still on the hook for his income tax woes, currently out on bail while awaiting trial.
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